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Smart to stop PMO before exams? Hard choice.

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by Connaisseur, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. Mar 30, 2018 #1
    Connaisseur

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    So I've masturbated a lot less lately. Maybe once in 4 or 5 days.
    Now I'm planning to continue my streak because I generally feel good and I can keep the urges reasonable in check. I feel much more energetic and way more confident and happy. Problem however is that I feel immensely restless/hyperactive. I can't seem to focus at studying. My energy levels are way to high. Even after hitting the gym and working out I can't focus on studying. I'm very certain this is because of abstaining from PMO.

    In about 1 week I have very important exams which can make or break my future life. If I don't pass these exams I have to leave university.
    I need some kind of escape valve for my study stress. I can't find it now and usually I watch porn a lot when I'm stressed out because of school anxiety.

    What to do? I feel good about no PMO, a lot less social anxiety and a lot more confidence and energy. But the side effects are a heavily reduced focus to study and feeling very restless. So should I fap and later do no PMO? After my exams I have a lot of spare time to do PMO for real again.

    I'm losing the long term benefits then but I think I will manage to focus more at studying. Hard choice.
     
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  2. Mar 30, 2018 #2
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  3. Mar 30, 2018 #3
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  4. Mar 30, 2018 #4
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    I went easy mode (so Masturbation without porn) just for the time when i needed focus the most. After that i went back to strict NO PMO. Porn is our greatest enemy here, but if you decide to go easy mode make sure you do not make it regular thing. No more than once a week.

    I also think that with time, I got used to being a lot more active and its no longer such a big problem for me. As with everything our body needs time to get used to it.

    I will leave it up to you to decide what to do, but if it is to prevent you from performing well in some important exam, i would not take a risk. After all we are here mostly to fight porn addiction, you can work on Masturbation habit itself after you are done with other stuff if it is a huge problem for you. Of course, the faster you get used to this new active self the better.
     
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